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This is a typical keralite
festival of boat races. It is held in August in the Punnamada Kayal, which commemorates
the visit of former Prime Minister, Late Jawaharlal Nehru to Alleppey. Similar boat
races are held also at Aranmual and Champakulam, which has a religious significance.
The later commemorates an episode involving the idol of Sri Krishna, which was lifted
from Kurichi by the Chempakasseri Raja's men for consecration in the Ambalapuzha.
The idol had to rest in the house of a Syrian Christian at Chempakulam. Therefore,
even today the flag and coir rope required for the Chempakulam boat race is supplied
from the local Kallurkad Church.
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